Convertible chair



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(No Modem UNITED STATES. PATENT OEEicE.

ALBIN I). YARN ALL, OF EAGLE STATION, PENNSYLVANIA.

CONVERTIBLE CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,410, dated February2, 1886.

Application filed November 19,1834. Serial No. 148,277.

.To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ALBIN P. YARNALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Eagle Station, county of Chester, tate of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in a Combined Folding IroningBoard and Chair, which improvement isfully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents acentral longitudinal section of a combined folding iron-board and chairembodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents asimilar view of the samedevice shown in Fig. 1, the parts being folded. Fig. 3 repv resents arear elevation, the parts being in position shown in Fig. l. Fig. 4represents va rear elevation, the parts being in position shown in Fig.2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention relates to improvements in combined ironing-boards andchairs; and it consists of novel means whereby an ironingboard and chairmay be combined, so that parts of each may be utilized as parts of theother; also in providing folding devices whereby,when the chair is to beused, the other portions of the device may be made to occupy less room,as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents an ironing-board consisting oftwo sections, a and b, of unequal length, the latter being the longer,the sections being hinged together, so as to fold, bringing the upperfaces thereof in con tact. The inner end of section b of the board A ispivotally connected on its under side with a cross-piece, B, by meansofa guide, C, fastened to said crosspiece and passing through openingsor slots c, formed by pieces D, suitably secured to the board A, betweenthe under side of section b and the said pieces, and the said pivotalfastening is such as to permit the board A, when the outer end islowered and pushed inward, to assume a ver tical position, or one nearlyso.

E represents a frame, consisting of two uprights, d, each formed inhalves or sections pivotally connected, the upper and lower parts,respectively, connected by cross-pieces e. Near the outer end of sectionb of the ironing-board, and on the under side, is a spring-catch, f, and

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on the saine side, at equal distances from the end of the board, are twohooks, g, which engage with a horizontal rod, h, attached to the uppercross-piece c, so as to form a hinge-corr nection therewith. To thelower cross-piece e is pivotally secured a hinged orjointed bar, F,having a band, j, thereon. The other end of the said bar F is pivotallysecured to'a brace, k, of the chair. The outer end of the bar F isrounded on its under surface, and the inner end thereof on its uppersurface, so that it may move freely on its pivotal connections.

Grepresents a hinged brace-bar attached to the back part, Z, of achair-boX, K.

H represents a sectional brace-bar, pivotall y connected with both theunder side of section Z1 and the part Zof the chair seat or box.

J represents the uprights or legs of the chair. The rear pair of thesaid uprights extend above the box K, and are connected at their upperend by the cross-piece B. These uprights sustain a box or frame, K,secured thereto, the upper portion, m, of which constitutes the seat ofthe chair. The seat m is in two sections hinged together, the frontportion forming a lid for the box K. In the front edge of the lid is asinallopening, which is filled by ablock, n, when the device is foldedand used as a chair.

. The said block a is fastened to a slotted bar,

L, which is secured to the inner side of the front portion of the box Kby a pin or stud, p, working in the slot thereof. Thelower end of thesaid bar L is rounded, and the upper end has a tenon, o, for insertionin a hole, o', in the under side of section c of the ironing board, forthe purpose of steadying and supporting the said board when the deviceis extended.

M represents a block, having an upward iiange, q, the said block andiange serving as a support and brace for the bar L when the said bar israised.

N represents the cliair-bacl,l iavin g a hinged portion or upper part,i', so connected as to fold against the front portion of the lower partthereof when the ironing-board is extended; but when the chair is to beused the said part 1' is raised, and in connection with the lower partpresents an even-faced chairback. The said part r has suitablestrengthening-pieces, s, around its border, which are IOO so placed thatwhen it is raised the side pieces form extensions of the back uprights,J. Suitable fastenings, as t, are provided to hold said part r in araised position.

On the rear side of the cross piece B are recesses u, which permit theentrance therein of the pieces D when the device is folded.

The manner of operating the device is simple. When it is desired tochange it from a folded condition, or as a chair,to an extended orironing-board condition,the upper portion,r, of the chair-back isunfastened and turned down, the lower end of section b is raised, andthe entire board moved backward on the crosspiece B, said movementstraightening the brace-bar H. The frame E is now drawn out, and at thesame time, owing to its connection with the frame E, the bar F isstraightened. The band j. is then drawn over the connected end portionsofthe sections of the said bar F. The brace-bar G is also straightenedby the same movement of the frame E. The box K is then opened and thebar L slid on the pin p until the said pin is in the lower portion ofthe said slot, when the outer end of the bar is raised and the tenon oinserted in the hole o of the section a of the board A, which isunfolded or raised from section b. The deyice is now in condition foruseA as an ironingboard.

When it is desired to close or fold the device so that it may beemployed as a chair, the part a is folded on section b of the board, andthe slotted bar L lowered and slid into the boX K. The bandj is thenslipped off the connected ends of the sections of bar F and placed onthe inner section, so as to be out of the way of the outer sectionthereof when the said bar F is doubled in the act of lowering the end ofthe board b. The outer end of the board b is lowered and at the sametime moved inward, thereby doubling the sections of the uprights d oneach other, the same movement also doubling the sections of thebrace-bars G and H. Vhen folded, the parts E, F, G, and H will liewithin the two planes of the front and back faces of the back uprights,J, of the chair. The device is now ready for use as a chair. Havlng thusdescribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. A combined ironing board and chair having a folding board composed oftwo sections hinged together and pivotally secured to the back uprightsof the chair, and provided with means, consisting of bars pivotallyconnected together and with the end of the said board, for supportingthe same, substantiall as described. I

2. A combined ironing board and chair having a folding board composed oftwo sections, one of which has a detachable support, substantially asdescribed, while the other section has a support composed of barspivotally connected together and to the said section, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a combined ironing-board and chair,

the folding board A, composed of sections a and b hinged together, incombination with the frame E, pivotally secured to the outer end of saidsection b, bars F, and braces G and H, and back uprights, J, havingcross piece B, the said section b having secured thereto the pieces D,and the cross-piece B, having guide C, substantially as described.

4. In a combined ironing-board and chair, the folding board A, incombination with the cross-piece B, the guide C, and pieces D,substantially as described.

5. 'Ihe folding board composed of sections a and b, the latter havingpieces D, in combination with back nprights, J, having crosspiece B andguide C, seat K, and slotted bar L, having block a, the said bar L beingpivotally secured to said seat K, substantially as described.

6. A chair having its back uprights, J, provided with the back N, havingthe hinged portion 1", with border strengthening pieces s, said piecesforming a continuation of said uprights, and the folding board A,pivotally secured to the cross-piece B, secured to said uprights, saidparts being combined substantially as described.

ALBIN P. YARNALL.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, J No. K. PLITT.

